Illinois Tournament Resume

Illinois (33-1, 15-1, 1st Big 10)
Seed: #1 Chicago Region
How they got here: Won Big 10 tournament
Against the Field (13-0):
W Oakland 85-54
W Delaware St. 87-67
W (N)Gonzaga 89-72
W Wake Forest 91-73
W (N)Cincinnati 67-45
W Iowa 73-68
W @Wisconsin 75-65
W Minnesota 89-66
W @Michigan St. 81-68
W Wisconsin 70-59
W @Iowa 75-65
W (N)Minnesota 64-56
W (N)Wisconsin 54-43

Tournament Games:
(1) Illinois 67 - (16) Fairleigh Dickinson 55

The good: Clearly the best team in the country. Illinois has beaten every tournament team that they have come against. They are still the team to beat. Illinois seems to have the most energy and can wear almost all teams down. If they are shooting good there is no team that can beat them. Late season loss hasn't affected their swagger.

The bad: In 3 of the last 4 games they have blown huge leads and let their opponent back in the game when it should have been over. Even though all their games are close to home the crowd will turn against them if they smell an upset. Also they have at least 2 stretches a games where they go about 4 minutes without scoring. That must change.